A major drought has been raging in the American West for several years now.
Attributed to global warming, it is of interest to climatologists and other specialists, but not only.
This drought has an impact on the water level, which is constantly falling.
Recently, human bones have been discovered.
A skeleton, dated to the 1980s, was found at the beginning of May, in a metal drum on the dry shore of Lake Mead, an artificial lake near Las Vegas.
A few days later, other bones were discovered by two sisters on a paddle, still on this same lake, reports
Le Point
.
An open investigation
A human skull was embedded in a sandbank.
Human nature has been confirmed by the shape of the jaw but also the fillings therein.
A homicide investigation has been opened by local police.
A forensic pathologist must try to determine the causes of death and soon report his conclusions.
According to
Courrier International
, historians specializing in criminal networks are interested in these discoveries.
Because the death of these people could go back to a very specific time: that of the dissolution of the underworld in Las Vegas.
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